OSP Project Manager

RICHARD T. YEE, P.E.

**** ******** *********, #*****, ******, Texas 75034

Mobile: 724-***-**** e-mail: ada0pu@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Business-savvy telecommunications professional, offering solid combination of technical expertise (BS Engineering), financial acumen (MBA), and leadership skills, specializing in outside plant (OSP), fiber optic cable, and wireless

(DAS/WiFi) design and construction. Strengths: service delivery, strategic planning, contract negotiation, complex project management, business development, problem resolution, employee motivation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GW Communication Solutions, LLC, Irving, Texas 2018– 2019

Senior Manager, Engineering --- Manage the delivery of Outside Plant (OSP) engineering/design and drafting of fiber optic cable and CRAN projects (aerial, buried, underground) to telecommunications service providers (e.g., AT&T). Over an initial 3-month timeframe, directed the elimination of a 287-project backlog, producing over $900k in revenue.

(Acting) Director, Construction --- Requested to serve in interim capacity to direct the completion of OSP aerial/underground/buried projects for high-volume clients (Zayo, AT&T, Charter, Verizon), utilizing multiple in-house and subcontractor crews. Created successful bids for over $1.4 million in firm-bid Zayo contracts.

IBM, Dallas, Texas

2011 – 2018

Senior Network Architect – Served for 2 years as on-site technical consultant on football stadium renovation (Kyle Field at

Texas A&M University). Managed design, procurement, and installation activities for deployment of GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) for DAS, WiFi, Point-of-Sale, IPTV, and data/voice converged networks, providing game-day communications services for over 102,500 attendees. Technologies deployed: Tellabs, Juniper, Corning, Aruba, Cisco, Yinzcam.

Provide technical consulting in the area of network assessment, network planning, engineering design, and development of

Infrastructure Architecture solutions for such clients as: Howard University, Vermont Electric Power (VELCO), Arizona Public Service. CNA Insurance, MSC Tool, Spirit AeroSystems, Reyes Holdings, KEMET Electronics, DSG, Gamestop, Heartland Payment Systems, Metlife, Daimler Interstellar.

Administered firewall change requests related to data center/application relocations for corporate clients (Veritas Technologies, Motiva Enterprises).

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC), Chicago, Illinois 2008 – 2010

Director, Wireless Network Services – Directed overall project plans, budgets, and work breakdown structure for implementation of wireless managed service offerings to the transportation/airline (In-Flight Entertainment systems) and energy utility (Smart Grid deployments) sectors.

Director, Managed Network Services – Managed the overall global delivery of outsourced data/voice engineering services and solutions to the Chemical, Energy & Natural Resource (CENR) market vertical. Provided thought leadership and overall technical/management direction for the Network Services team. Annual P&L responsibility: $25 million. Staff: 65 FTE

BLUEGATE CORPORATION, Houston, Texas Vice President, Operations 2006 – 2008

Directed all engineering, maintenance, help desk, and healthcare-related IT activities: managed HIPAA-compliant security solutions, EMR (Electronic Medical Records) installation/training, and technical consulting.

WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Vice President, Network Planning & Engineering

2004 - 2006

Managed staff of 200, responsible for optical transport, data/voice switching, Voice over IP, video, and local access planning for nationwide, 30,000 route-mile wholesale carrier network.

RELIANT ENERGY (now CenterPoint Energy), Houston, Texas Director, Telecommunications

Directed staff of 90 in design, maintenance, and daily operation of $120-million, private communications network for multistate electric/gas utility enterprise (1,500 locations, 10,000 work stations, 16,000 employees, 6,000 vehicles).

Personally marketed, negotiated, and closed contracts for the lease of private network infrastructure (fiber optic cable, cellular antenna sites, etc.) to telecommunications carriers (MCI Worldcom, AT&T, PCS Primeco, Sprint PCS), local universities and school districts. Revenue: > $100 million.

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Served in three director-level Network positions (distribution planning, regional operations, budget administration) during the construction of the nation’s first, all-digital, all-fiber optic network (24,000 route-miles).

GTE (now VERIZON)

Directed 715 employees responsible for the design, construction, and operation of the GTE Ohio Outside Plant (OSP) network, as well as corresponding activities associated with PBX and Special Services engineering. Operating budget: $30 million.

EDUCATION

MBA

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania

BS, Mechanical Engineering

Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ADDENDUM

Currently seeking PMP certification

Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, BMC Remedy (trouble ticketing and order entry system)

Graduate of Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations.

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